Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST
621 RAYFORD RD, SPRING, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1740450121
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Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$34.88 with BCBS vs $1,948.70 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $34.88 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $44.20 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $67.39 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $69.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $72.34 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $153.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $203.82 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $203.82 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $203.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $216.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $216.82 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $216.82 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $219.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $219.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $219.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $219.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $219.37 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $254.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $254.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $254.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $275.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $275.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $275.52 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $298.26 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $298.26 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $475.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $475.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $475.29 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $475.29 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $606.91 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $614.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $866.49 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $866.49 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $932.30 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $987.14 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $998.11 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,279.63 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,462.44 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,462.44 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,645.24 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,948.70 | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $952.70 | $27.95 – $2,722.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,631.77 | $76.31 – $76.31 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $631.95 | $39.64 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $621.95 | $66.60 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $605.63 | $66.60 – $757.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $631.95 | $45.39 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $621.95 | $81.06 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $621.95 | $321.34 – $932.93 |